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Apple doesn't use the fact that Safari comes with the OS (which is on *their* hardware ecosystem) to skyrocket its usage. It's just as easy to remove Safari as it is to add or remove another app on the OS; the same applies (if not moreso) for Firefox and friends on Linux.

@Zach - How does Apple not use the fact that it comes with the OS to skyrocket it's usage? They send it with their OS so that people will use it...same thing Microsoft does. IE can be removed too. Take your Apple faith elsewhere.

@Jordon: Internet Explorer is tied into the OS. Like when you put a url into internet explorer, or as the rendering engine for help files. Safari doesn't do this at all.

Also, anti trust is meant to prevent a company with a monopoly in one area from getting a monopoly in another. Apple doesn't have a monopoly in their OS. Also, they use google as their default search. Search is the key here, since that's where that sweet, sweet internet money is. Nobody pays for their browser. Microsoft wants you to use bing or whatever so they can get ad revenue. They are leveraging the default search of IE to do that. They are using their OS monopoly to keep you using IE.

This is not an Apple issue at all.

@awholeian: Hmm... That's smart. I never thought of that before :)

However, if I were M$, then I would not do this, I would just tell EU, "Buy it or F Off!".

Its my OS, I can do whatever I want to do with it, if you want it then get it or just get lost.